The Double-Blind Procedure Is Used in Experiments To

question 9

Multiple Choice

The double-blind procedure is used in experiments to:

• A) reduce the experimenter's bias.
• B) make the results externally valid.
• C) reduce social desirability.
• D) confound everyone except the experimenter.

Understand the concepts and types of microaggressions and their impacts on out-groups.

Identify and describe psychological techniques used in persuasion and commitment.

Recognize the role of attribution biases in prejudice and stereotype formation.

Understand the social psychology behind ingroups and outgroups and their perceptions.

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Definitions:

Tax Revenues

The financial earnings governments receive through taxing.

Discretionary Economic Policy

Economic policies that are based on the judgment and decisions of policymakers rather than set by predefined rules or automatic mechanisms.

Keynesians

Adherents to the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes, emphasizing the importance of total spending in the economy and government interventions to stabilize economic cycles.

Classical Economists

Early economic theorists who focused on the forces of supply and demand, competition, and free markets as the drivers of economic prosperity.